ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER

Set in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER is a tiny high school, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE. It teaches 119 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 74% leaner than the state mean of about 450.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER is among them.

Demographically, ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 3% White, 3% Native American. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.9:1, putting ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Bernalillo County shows median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER is one.

The closest other public school is CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting. ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 160 (now 119). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 76% to 92% over that span.

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